Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 11v

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Noah: offering Sacrifice -- Noah, with purse at waist, kneeling, raises lamb toward altar. Scene within room with tile floor, wooden ceiling, and leaded-glass window.
In upper, lower, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of Genesis 08:20.